Emile Wijntuin

Emile Linus Alfred Wijntuin (22 September 1924 – 7 May 2020)[1] was a Surinamese politician who served as Chairman of the National Assembly of Suriname from 1975 until the aftermath of the 1980 Surinamese coup d'état.[2][3] Wijntuin was a member of the Progressive Surinamese People's Party (PSV).

Emile Wijntuin
Emile Wijntuin in 1975
Born	Emile Linus Alfred Wijntuin (1924-09-22)22 September 1924 Totness, Surinam
Died	7 May 2020(2020-05-07) (aged 95) Paramaribo, Suriname
Nationality	Suriname
Occupation	Chairman of the National Assembly of Suriname

Wijntuin was born in the Coronie District.[4] Wijntuin joined the PSV shortly after its foundation. From 1958 to 1967 and 1968 to 1980, he was a member of the National Assembly.[5] He served as the Chairman of the Estates of Suriname from 1973 to 1975.[2]

After the 1980 coup d'etat, Wijntuin was placed under house arrest.[6] In 1982, he left Suriname, and lived in diaspora in the Netherlands. Wijntuin returned after the restoration of democracy in 1991, but refrained from politics, and started to focus on writing books.[5] In 1994, he published his biography Reflekties uit een politiek verleden.[5] Wijntuin died on 7 May 2020 at the age of 95.[1]

References

1. "Marica: Suriname heeft grote zoon verloren". Suriname Herald (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 May 2020.
2. "De Nationale Assemblée: Lijst van Oud-Voorzitters" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 14 July 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
3. "The Year of the Sergeants" by Edward Dew in the Caribbean Review
4. "Emile Wijntuin viert 90ste verjaardag" (in Dutch). Suriname Herald. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
5. "OSO. Tijdschrift voor Surinaamse taalkunde, letterkunde en geschiedenis. Jaargang 14". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). 1975. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
6. "In memoriam: Emile Linus Alfred Wijntuin". Werkgroup Caraïbische Letteren (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 May 2020.